Yuvraaj Gets Delayed
Subhash Ghai’s Yuvraaj shoot was apparently cancelled for the umpteenth time. The reason this time as well, was Salman Khan. The actor was to shoot for Ghai in Panvel yesterday when he called to cancel the shoot.
Salman’s girlfriend, Katrina Kaif, who stars in the film, got so irritated that she told the production guys that next time she would not be able to adjust her dates. She then took off to Ajmer with Salman’s sister Alvira. Katrina later said that she went to the dargah to pray in the morning and came back in the evening. But she refused to reveal whether she had gone to pray for the success of her film Race, saying it was very personal and between her and God. Talking about the cancellation of the Yuvraaj shoot, she said that it had got delayed and not cancelled. She also said that it was happening just the second time and not the seventh as is being written. Salman had to complete the shoot of Boney Kapoor’s film. She also laughed off rumours that she had refused to adjust her dates next time. Director Subhash Ghai took pains to stress that the shoot had been delayed and not cancelled. He said that it had been postponed by three days from March 16 to 19 as Boney’s Pokhiri shoot got extended and he requested Ghai to allow him to shoot with Salman for a few more days. Ghai also said that Yuvraaj was about 75 per cent complete. Three songs and the climax need to be canned according to the director.
Dilli 6 – Updates
The cast of Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra’s Dilli 6 had a tough time shooting in Sambhar, Rajasthan braving temperatures of -5 degree Celsius.
Reveals Kamlesh Pandey, writer of the film, “I had stayed over there for almost a week and it was great fun to be the part of the team. But I remember it was winter and right from Abhishek Bachchan to Prem Chopra everyone was working whole night in chilling temperatures. The funniest part was Abhishek shivering and asking me, ‘why is your script so good?’ Rishi Kapoor, who never works beyond 9.30 pm, was also shooting the whole night. I was really amazed with their dedication towards their roles.”
Interestingly, Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman and Rishi Kapoor, who starred together in the 1976 classic Kabhi Kabhie, will be seen in Dilli 6.
About it the writer says, “Rishi Kapoor plays the surrogate father of Abhishek Bachchan and a family friend of Amitabh Bachchan and Waheeda Rehman.”
Elaborating on the film, he adds, “The story of Dilli 6 is not the typical hero-heroine one. It is about every character who was a part of Old Delhi. Mr.Mehra has chosen perfect actors for the respective roles.”
Pandey has visited the sets only once but is all praise for the art director. “I was amazed to see the sets erected by Samir Chanda. He has studied everything minutely – from the signboards to streets of Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi has been replicated beautifully,” .
K M Music Conservatory – Press Meet
Summary of the K M Music Conservatory press meet – A R Rahman who recently launched his KM Music conservatory has stated that he would be commencing his new venture with 150 students in his institution. These students were selected as the best talented ones specialized in various aspects in the field of music.
K M Music Conservatory started up in collaboration with Audio Media Education, an Apple Authorized Training Centre has its entire concern on instrumental and vocal along with the latest developed music technology. These entire packages will make the young talented ones into transformed great musical professionals.
As an initial course, A R Rahman will have the institution installed in Chennai and later after couple of years, he has plans to open a new branch in the outskirts of Chennai, preferably a hill station.
A pic from the Press meet:
S-E-L replaces ARR in ‘LONDON DREAMS’
The first time we heard about LONDON DREAMS was way back in 2006, when the first shot of the film, featuring Salman Khan, was canned at Amritsar’s historic Golden Temple. At that time it was Rajkumar Santoshi who was the director of the movie and the cast comprised Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, with Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra being discussed as the female leads. Without getting into the nitty-gritty of who did what and joining the blame game band, the result was that the project was put on the backburner.
However, there have been some positive developments on the LONDON DREAMS front and the latest on the subject being that the producer of the project P.J Singh has moved on with the script/story of the film to Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The cast too has undergone a sea change and LONDON DREAMS is now expected to feature Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. But that will happen only and when all the legal issues relating to the film are sorted out.
For now let us talk about more pleasant and melodious things! Good news is that the project seems to be really happening. The super talented trio of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendosa, better known as S-E-L, have been officially roped in to compose the rocking tracks for the movie (instead of A.R. Rahman), which is based on the life of two London based rock stars!
Mani Ratnam, Vikram comes together
This is the latest buzz in Kollywood. One of India’s premier filmmakers, Mani Ratnam, joining hands with the talented Vikram.
Reliable sources indicate that the duo will come together for a project that will be unique and special. Vikram is currently shooting for Kanthasamy which is directed by Mani Ratnam’s protege Susi Ganesan. He is expected to do Mani’s film after completing Kanthasamy. The fact that Vikram has postponed his film with Bhoopathy Pandian, which he was supposed to do after Kanthasamy, adds credibilty to the news.
Mani Ratnam, who struck gold in Bollywood with Guru last year, was supposed to do Lajjo with Aamir Khan. However, the project has fallen off the tracks as Aamir is busy with his Ghajini. Hence, the maker is planning to make a Tamil film with Vikram in the lead.
Meanwhile, there are also reports that Mani is planning to repeat the lead in his previous film, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, in a breezy romantic film on the lines of his Alaipayuthey. The reports say that the film will be in Hindi but will be dubbed into Tamil.
The report also says the director met up with top actors to start the casting for his next film. He has already finalised Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan for the lead pair and is in talks with other actors for the supporting cast.
Well, we expect the director himself to put an end to such conflicting reports.
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